C.L. Notes 100-120 Flashcards
1
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- The flexible Tulare canals through which blood circulates in the body.
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What are blood vessels?
2
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- Arteries, veins, and capillaries.
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What are three types of blood vessels?
3
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- The fluid circulating through the heart, arteries, veins, and capillaries.
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What is blood?
4
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- This carries oxygen and nutrients to the cells of the body.
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What is blood?
5
Q
- A severe form of food poisoning often fatal if not treated quickly.
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What is botulism?
6
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- This is caused by a type of bacterium that produces a toxin.
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What is botulism caused by?
7
Q
- The central organ in the nervous system.
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What is a brain?
8
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- This consists of medulla.
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What does the brain consist of?
9
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- What consists of two hemispheres. The two hemispheres are the left brain and the right brain.
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What is a cerebrum?
10
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- Th right hemisphere controls the left side of the body and the left one on the right side of the body.
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What does the cerebrum control?
11
Q
- A highly contagious disease, usually fatal, affecting the lymphatic system.
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What is the bubonic plague?
12
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- This is caused by bacteria transmitted to humans by rat-borne fleas.
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What is the bubonic plague caused by?
13
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- A disease characterized by the rapid growth of cells in the body.
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What is cancer?
14
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- This is often form of a tumor.
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What is cancer usually a form of?
15
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- These are tiny blood vessels throughout the body that connect arteries and veins.
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What are capillaries?
16
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- These form an intricate network around body tissues.
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What do capillaries form?
17
Q
- A mild but highly contagious disease caused by a virus characterized by slight fever and the eruption of blisters on the skin.
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What are the chicken pox?
18
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- No, once you get it, you are immune to if forever.
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Can you get the chicken pox more than once?
19
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- An expression that means to restrain back.
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What does hold your horses mean?
20
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- An expression that originated in the west.
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Where did the expression hold your horses come from?
21
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- Hit the sack.
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What is an expression for going to sleep?
22
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110 this commonly refers to going to sleep.
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What does hitting the sack mean?
